The remarkable "Ugly Betty" ended its five-season, primetime run last Thursday night, and the TV landscape's a lot flatter for the loss. Say what you will about the ABC dramedy's quality over the past couple seasons.
The show featured a cast of brown-skinned characters that were unprecedented in primetime television. The series featured smart and strong Latinas, a powerful Black woman and even an undocumented father from Mexico. Not to mention the show's humanistic handling of its gay and transgender characters. Just one of these characters would
radicalize most primetime TV shows. In the end, though, critics say the multiple storylines these characters spawned did the show in, by stealing Betty's spotlight. During its first three seasons, "Ugly Betty" aired on Thursday nights, where it was mostly successful.
However, when viewership dropped ABC shuffled the show around and lost even more viewers. On Jan. 27, 2010, ABC announced it was canceling the series.That's a shame, and here are five reasons why—along with a compilation of scenes that make the point better than I can. READ FULL STORY
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